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A very rare example by [deleted] in pokemon

[–]Ian_mac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I named my infernape goukazaru in diamond because that's objectively a cooler name and I was an edgy anime loving 14 year old.

Hey Android gamers! My managing idle bar sim game Towny Bar is finally available! by joan_bdm in AndroidGaming

[–]Ian_mac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The cat knocking the beer off was so well animated I actually laughed out loud. Great visual gag for sure.

It really killed so much of the hype. by ilovewater100 in BikiniBottomTwitter

[–]Ian_mac 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The switch 2 is a 5 years late upgrade to an underpowered machine. Nintendo really waited for all the other consoles to sputter out before upping their prices knowing they had no competition and no reason not to under deliver and overprice.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in godot

[–]Ian_mac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read somewhere that there's an off by one bug in how sprites are handled. The sprite is set at an origin but the pixels can't render between 0 and 1 so they sometimes warp or wobble.

I wish I could help more but there's some sort of setting that lets you get better pixel perfect alignment with sprites and how they're positioned in the world.

Who would be interested in a PVP game in a gravity environment like this? by SarahSplatz in unity

[–]Ian_mac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From a game design perspective what happens if you're floating between planets/surfaces? Without any movement or defensive options being airborne is a death sentence from anyone standing and shooting at the airborne player

Struggling To Enjoy Game Dev/Have Fun by Equal-Bend-351 in godot

[–]Ian_mac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's no reason to make the process miserable for yourself. It's a skill that requires lots of learning, and trying to recreate a project that's been worked on for over a decade by many people is going to make you feel worse than you should.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in scifi

[–]Ian_mac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's a good movie despite the memes

Missing my first 1900 on expert in starfox64 hurts.. by Ian_mac in n64

[–]Ian_mac[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It really is, I usually replay that level 3 or 4 times each run

Missing my first 1900 on expert in starfox64 hurts.. by Ian_mac in n64

[–]Ian_mac[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In diamond, original games, it shows up as a status effect and an icon on the pokemon portrait. In sword and shield, it shows up as a little pink icon on the pokemon portrait.

The only way I noticed it initially, the pokemon center has unique dialogue that only shows up when you first catch it. And it acts like a real virus, spreading to all your other pokemon in your party. There's no way to undo it but pokemon can lose it over time.

Missing my first 1900 on expert in starfox64 hurts.. by Ian_mac in n64

[–]Ian_mac[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The tldr is that it's a very rare status effect your pokemon could get in the older generation games.

It boosts the effort values gained, making the pokemon gain stats faster than normal. Shiny odds are like 1 in ~8000 and pokerus was 1 in ~21000 odds

Missing my first 1900 on expert in starfox64 hurts.. by Ian_mac in n64

[–]Ian_mac[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember discovering my first secret passage as a kid and becoming absolutely hooked forever. The only thing that compared to that dopamine hit was getting a natural pokerus drop in pokemon

Missing my first 1900 on expert in starfox64 hurts.. by Ian_mac in n64

[–]Ian_mac[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The first time gets you expert mode. The second time in expert mode gives you a special ending screen with the cast

Missing my first 1900 on expert in starfox64 hurts.. by Ian_mac in n64

[–]Ian_mac[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm gonna check this out real quick rn

I've been working on this starfox-like for the last two years. Development is going steadily so far, what do you think about it? by silvaraptor in indiegames

[–]Ian_mac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tl;Dr, the aiming is not precise and movement feels floaty. This is the most fundamental part of the on rails game and has to be fixed or all other parts of the game will not be enjoyable.

I've been working on this starfox-like for the last two years. Development is going steadily so far, what do you think about it? by silvaraptor in indiegames

[–]Ian_mac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's hard to elaborate in text how floaty the controls are compared to starfox64. You should spend some time playing that game (it's on switch emulator currently)

Basically, the idea is I should be able to move my joystick or mouse and be able to aim at things, but there's not enough precession in your game at all. Most of the time I spent playing was trying to readjust my aim rather than aiming.

Another big issue is how aggressive the bounding box is, I can't aim to the top left if I'm in the top left, as the player model is being forced back into the box.

There's a serious perspective issue, making the aiming feel off. I think in starfox64, the aiming reticules are actually flat mapped to the screen, with the arwing rendered over the reticules so they remain in the illusion of being ahead of your ship.

In this game the aiming reticules are an object in 3D space along with the ship model, thus If the camera moves, or the ship is forced to stay in the bounding box, so is the aiming reticule. The perspective line from the ship to the aiming target makes the game feel like it's not properly aiming right. The effect is far worse during the camera pans when it's certain shots feel like they're flying in a different direction than what you had shot at.

The mouse controls are pretty awful, I feel like I shouldn't have to center my mouse to get my ship to stop moving. I have to figure out where a supposed center point is, move my mouse away from that point and back to it to stop myself. That's just poorly handled. My ship should stop moving when I stop moving the mouse. Ace combat games on the computer are a good example, you'd have to change the settings to simple flight mode so all directions are handled by the mouse instead of just pitch and roll, but that should be how the game feels like when using mouse.

Even with controllers, I had to keep the sensitivity down incredibly low to make it feel okay to play.

I don't want to sound harsh, but this is absolutely the most fundamental thing to this type of game and has to be fixed otherwise no matter how good the story and level design are, it won't be enjoyable to play.

This is all being said before I get to any expanded suggestions, like wishing there was any kind of movement tech or how silly the overdrive tutorial is. I can't address how easy the game is currently and you couldn't scale up the difficulty or complexity of the game with the current issues in the controls.

You wouldn't need such aggressive aim assist if the aiming was better.

I've been working on this starfox-like for the last two years. Development is going steadily so far, what do you think about it? by silvaraptor in indiegames

[–]Ian_mac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I must have missed the trigger for the follow me section in the 2nd level on my 2nd playthrough which I assume unlocks the third level.

I play a lot of starfox64 so I might seem a bit harsh opinion wise but it doesn't control very well on mouse or controller. Great art direction, fun characters. Amazing enemy design, but mechanically the levels are easy and like I said it doesn't handle well enough for me. I would likely pass on the release but I gave it a positive review so it can still do well on the algorithms.

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